Santana’s pitch count: 225?

Jerry Manuel, who joked five days ago that Johan Santana had a pitch count of 175. Well, Santana told Manuel after last night’s loss that he could throw 225 pitches tonight if it was cool out. “That’s why I’m wearing a sweater so he knows its cool out,” Manuel said this afternoon.

JOSH THOMSON joined The Journal News and LoHud.com in March 2003 and has covered high school football, basketball, baseball and pro and college sports ever since. He graduated in 1998 from Carmel High School and in 2002 from Boston University with a degree in communications. Josh spends the majority of his free time with his wife and two daughters.